Quotes About Perception

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

I'm sure I'm a schizophrenic. The problem is I can't tell the difference between which one's which, which one is the real me.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

A lot of people want what I would call sci-fi; people want television to be what they think the world should look like. That is different than what I do.

If someone said to me, 10 years ago, that I'd be spending effectively my retirement years in sci-fi and fantasy, I'd have said, 'Well, don't be ridiculous.'

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

Now, that is in a way also what scientists are trying to do they're trying to get people to see that the world can be represented in an alternative way and that it's right.

People don't generally listen to scientists much.

When we think of scientists, we hear a man's voice.

Scientists don't like to be called salesmen.

The moment I say I'm going into scooters, they say, 'You're crazy.' Six months later, when BMW comes out with an electric scooter, it's fine. But when Anand does it, because he's some small guy in India, it's not fine.

I am a striker, and people expect strikers to score goals. But I don't see myself as a striker.

If it's a real bad score, then it can ruin a movie for me, or, at least, it will draw a lot of my attention to the score.

I want people to know about all the kinds of music that I write. Some believe I just write film scores, which is not true.

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

People often write to me, addressing the envelope, 'Stephen Hendry, Snooker Player' or 'Stephen Hendry, Scotland,' and it reaches me.

People really cannot understand the concept of a black boy in a tracksuit in London being from Scotland.

At the end of the day, it's the general managers' and the scouts' opinion on you and what teams need, what they're looking for.

You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.

I don't see how you could get used to people screaming in your face, and anyone who says different is lying.

If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.

The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real.